Countries
Laos
  
Madagascar
  
National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
  
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- There is no space left between words, only between phrases or sentences in Lao language.
- The Lao alphabets has been reformed many times over the past 50 years.
  
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
  
Similar To
Thai Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
  
Salama!
  
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
Misaotra
  
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
Manao ahoana!
  
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
Alina tsara
  
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
Manao ahoana e
  
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
Manao ahoana e
  
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
Maraina tsara
  
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
azafady
  
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
Miala tsiny
  
Bye
Sôhk dii der
  
Veloma!
  
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Tiako ianao.
  
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
Azafady
  
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
  
Eastern Malagasy
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Merina
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
  
Western Malagasy
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Sakalava
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,200,000.00
  
24
Dialect 3
Central Lao
  
Not Available
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
Not Available
  
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
18.00 million
  
38
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
Fiteny Malagasy
  
Alternative Names
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
  
Malagasy Sign Language
  
French Name
lao
  
malgache
  
German Name
Laotisch
  
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Malagasy people
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Austronesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indonesian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No Early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Lao
  
standard Malagasy
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
lo
  
mg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lao
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 2/B
lao
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 3
lao
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
laoo1244
  
mala1537
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Verb-Object-Subject
  
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
  
Not Available
  
Lao and Malagasy Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Lao and Malagasy greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lao and Malagasy language. Lao word for "Hello" is ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i) or Malagasy word for "Thank You" is Misaotra. Find more of such common Lao Greetings and Malagasy Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Lao vs Malagasy Difficulty
The Lao vs Malagasy difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lao Alphabets and Malagasy Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Lao and Malagasy are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lao and Malagasy, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lao is 44 weeks while to learn Malagasy time required is Not Available.